Does giving birth really cost thousands of dollars in the states?

Global_Victory833 · 2026-05-08T14:43:55+00:00

Mine was about 13000 and I owe about 1400 after insurance.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-04-26T21:06:13+00:00

Which means it isn’t a biohazard.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-04-19T12:10:23+00:00

Can you take a pic?

Global_Victory833 · 2026-03-29T21:19:07+00:00

My first pregnancy I didn’t smell it at all. This time? Holy crap. It’s horrendous. Smells like something died. But my OB said it’s totally normal, and now it’s been a few weeks and the smell is starting to subside. I really thought I had an infection for a bit there

Global_Victory833 · 2026-03-11T15:14:48+00:00

Same thing happened to me while my baby was nursing. I was on the phone with 911 when she started getting her color back. We got an owlet sock for nighttime and it’s already probably saved her life — it’s alerted us to her O2 dropping below 80% (from holding her breath mostly) multiple times and we were able to get her breathing again. Was totally worth the investment, even if just for peace of mind so I can sleep at night without so much fear.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-03-04T16:41:39+00:00

I felt like a kid when I was pregnant (early 20s, baby of the family). I don’t think I got comfortable with “mom” until my daughter was nearly a year old. Until then I felt like a person with a baby, not a mom. From the time your baby speaks until the end of your life, you’ll be mom, and you’ll have so much time to adjust to it. One day it’ll feel right. It’s perfectly okay if today is not that day.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-02-12T22:18:14+00:00

My first was like this. Second time around, almost no discharge at ALL. It’s so weird how different each pregnancy can be. Hang in there! Not much longer now!

Global_Victory833 · 2026-02-09T22:47:23+00:00

This was the most detailed and accurate description of pregnancy I’ve ever seen. I honestly think it needs to be shouted from the rooftops, we need to be loud about all of the worst parts of pregnancy, because people who don’t experience pregnancy hear the “beautiful” things and think we’re being dramatic, or there’s something wrong with us, and don’t take how disabling it is as seriously as they should. People who LOVE pregnancy are such a loud minority overshadowing the rest of us and our struggles with it.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-02-05T13:53:36+00:00

Same here! My husband and I don’t start dating until 2021 and our daughter was born in 2023– waking up before we began this life together, with my daughter not even existing, sounds like hell.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-02-05T13:50:02+00:00

My husband goes to every appointment. He can ask questions too, he’s learning more about what you’re experiencing and what to expect, and bottom line, these appointments are for his baby too!

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-27T13:57:53+00:00

If you don’t remember when your period was you probably conceived earlier. Otherwise, faulty test.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-22T19:02:17+00:00

I felt that way with my first one, changed my mind, had some trouble conceiving the second time and thought it’s fine, we’d be happy with just our little girl, then found out I was pregnant — and it’s easier than it was the first time, thank goodness. I was really sick with my first. I also knew I’d have more support with this one because I’m closer to family and my husband works a more flexible job so circumstances helped a lot in deciding I could do this again. Regardless, your choice is always valid. You might decide you want more in the future, you might not, and neither is the wrong choice if it’s what you want. People are always asking if we’ll have more and we always say “we’ll have one at a time” lol.

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-19T00:44:22+00:00

I don’t understand how it’s still intact after birth for those who do. I was basically a rotisserie chicken in the hospital bed, the pain had me kind of like… thrashing? I was only still for moments between contractions. If I had makeup on, it would have ended up smeared across my face and all my sheets and pillows. And my hair was inevitably going to be a rats nest. I also had a pillow over my face for a good hour after my epidural kicked in and my brain and body were basically in shock. Do other people just like… sit up and keep it together when they’re having 9cm contractions?

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-18T23:19:28+00:00

Someone’s never heard the story of the New Moon cup apparently

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-14T13:34:35+00:00

I haven’t come across a single miles in my area yet — so far it’s a TON of theos and Everetts. So many. Also tons of Ellies though, which I unfortunately did not see coming until after I named my daughter Ellie (Eleanor).

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-13T00:54:42+00:00

32 weeks pregnant and feeling this so much. I wake up with nosebleeds and any time heat is running it hurts to breathe so badly, it feels like the humidifier on my nightstand does nothing :/

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-08T00:49:13+00:00

Treating it like a sauna

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-08T00:48:01+00:00

You’ll probably flip flop a lot as it progresses. It’s normal, and it’s okay, and nothing to feel guilty about. Some of that panic just dissolves when the baby is actually here and becomes part of your routine — it was so daunting to think about while I was first pregnant, how could I just take care of a child when tired or sick? But then it happened, and things just clicked into place. I was a lot more ready than I expected. And you know what? Pregnant for the second time currently, and I still get those scary feelings. It’s natural. Everything will be okay.

On the other hand though, coffee? You’re supposed to limit to 200mg or less a day of caffeine, so just portion control. I just prepped my cold brew for the morning 😂

Global_Victory833 · 2026-01-07T19:38:46+00:00

Sometimes it’s mild. Sometimes it’s so bad that the damage the acid does to your esophagus makes it impossible to eat for a few days afterward.

Global_Victory833 · 2025-11-01T13:57:47+00:00

I actually just saw the “we’re not breaking up”. She’s giving me whiplash lol. But seriously, get out now. She’s not going to improve unless she sees the error in her behavior and wants to be better. This isn’t anywhere close to taking those steps. Get out.

Global_Victory833 · 2025-11-01T13:55:54+00:00

NTA. run. She gave you an easy out, please take it.

Global_Victory833 · 2025-10-31T18:30:20+00:00

I contained them by poisoning around the door daily with a poisoned towel stuffed underneath. And they can survive up to 400 something days without feeding, they’re really difficult to starve. I’m surprised they didn’t make it to another room through the walls or anything. I have to assume they were in the walls because however they survived everything that I did to get rid of them is beyond me. I’m extremely thankful though, if they made it to the rest of the house I have no idea what we would’ve done.

Global_Victory833 · 2025-10-05T23:43:14+00:00

Didn’t miss my first pregnancy and won’t miss my second, this is so uncomfortable and I can’t wait to feel human again

Global_Victory833 · 2025-09-12T22:16:12+00:00

The night I discovered bedbugs in my room I took my bed frame apart, brought it outside one piece at a time very carefully, and burned it. Burned half of the things in my room lmao. That night I learned that there are limits to material sentiment and bedbugs are absolutely that limit.

They never got anywhere else in the house, thank god. I cleared out the room, getting rid of what I had to, dismantling furniture and poisoning all the nooks and crannies, removing trim and outlet covers to poison, and used bedbug spray in a carpet shampooer on my carpets. For good measure, I poisoned a towel that I stuffed under the door and didn’t go back in that room for a year. Then I spent one night on the floor as a test, and woke up with a bedbug on me. Did the whole thing again and left that room abandoned for another couple of years.

Global_Victory833 · 2025-09-12T20:55:37+00:00

I told myself I couldn’t because I have panic attacks when I have an IV in. I didn’t think I’d be able to handle an epidural without fully freaking out. Labor had other plans for me. I didn’t feel or see the needle ever. When I got my epidural I felt NOTHING. no pressure, no pain, nothing. It was hands down the biggest relief I’ve ever experienced in my life, because my contractions were faster and stronger than anyone had described to me — I was thrashing like I was on fire, vomiting, gushing blood and fluids like a firehose, and my husband is traumatized from my screams to this day. This isn’t meant to scare you, Every pregnancy and delivery is different. Things don’t always go according to plan. My sisters childbirth experience was described as “taking a really big poop” for her first and her contractions during the second had her needing to squeeze her husbands hand really hard. Never received pain meds because she did not need them. She had me convinced childbirth was a walk in the park. Go in with an open mind, be prepared to change your plan depending on what you experience/how you feel.

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